by Rory Gallagher on album Crest Of A Wave: The Best Of Rory Gallagher

This hotel bar is full of people The piano man is really laying it down Even the old bartender is as high as a steeple So why tonight should I wear a frown? The joint is jumping all around me And my

by Rory Gallagher on album Crest Of A Wave: The Best Of Rory Gallagher

Well, like a bad penny you've turned up again You're in my sights, there's a mist on my lens I think you know how it was when I tripped and fell Well, you've double-dealed me, baby and I broke like a

by Rory Gallagher on album Crest Of A Wave: The Best Of Rory Gallagher

Well I lost my shirt at a card game in which I never had a chance Well I lost my shirt at a card game in which I never had a chance The deck was marked, the game was rigged, You could not tell at a gl

by Rory Gallagher on album Crest Of A Wave: The Best Of Rory Gallagher

Like a cat that's playing with a ball of twine That you call my heart Oh, but baby is it so hard To tell the two apart? And so slowly you unwind me 'Til I fall apart I'm only living for the hour That

by Rory Gallagher on album Crest Of A Wave: The Best Of Rory Gallagher

You are a moonchild and, pretty soon child I've got that feeling that I'm gonna make you smile forever if I can Just give me a sign and I'll show you my plan You are a blue child, forever true child

by Rory Gallagher on album Crest Of A Wave: The Best Of Rory Gallagher

Now ain't it strange that I feel like Philby There's a stranger in my soul I'm lost in transit in a lonesome city I can't come in from the cold I'm deep in action on a secret mission Contact's broken

by Rory Gallagher on album Crest Of A Wave: The Best Of Rory Gallagher

In the flinty light, it's midnight and stars collide Shadows run, in full flight, to run, seek and hide Well, I'm still not sure what part I play In this shadow play, this shadow play In the half lig

by Rory Gallagher on album Crest Of A Wave: The Best Of Rory Gallagher

Well, you can ride on the crest of a wave If that's where you want to be But does the look on your face Mean you're really feeling happy? Or do you feel like you're standing on a wooden leg Or a poor

by Rory Gallagher on album Crest Of A Wave: The Best Of Rory Gallagher

Well, the rain ain't fussy about where it lands It'll find you no matter where you stand It's gonna rain brother and it's gonna rain hard When the blues comes calling with it's calling card It ain't

by Rory Gallagher on album Crest Of A Wave: The Best Of Rory Gallagher

Well, it's a shin kick morning Gotta kickstart today Wind up my machine And I'll be on my way Well, a burning fever Woke me up at the dawn I didn't have a choice I had to carry on Well, my engine's

by Rory Gallagher on album Crest Of A Wave: The Best Of Rory Gallagher

Well its a winding highway, that never seems to end, Well we all must travel, We'll not pass this way again, Are you going my way, well won't you lend a hand, Well it sounds like thunder, bu

by Rory Gallagher on album Crest Of A Wave: The Best Of Rory Gallagher

Do you read me, well, won't you tell me? If you read me then please believe me when I say Yes, I've been waiting, seems like forever I've been waiting, my situation ain't got much better Well, I've be

by Rory Gallagher on album Crest Of A Wave: The Best Of Rory Gallagher

I've cried enough tears to fill up an ocean Surely you see that my world's been broken? Here I am, where are you? Help me please, help me through Here I am, where are you? All my days are edged in bl

by Rory Gallagher on album Crest Of A Wave: The Best Of Rory Gallagher

I don't care if I get arrested 'Cause tonight they'll need more than a ball and chain I don't care just whose interested 'Cause I'm comin' into town just the same I've been feelin' alone, I've been f

by Rory Gallagher on album Crest Of A Wave: The Best Of Rory Gallagher

Give me 'til Monday, that's only a day or two Give me til Monday, that's only a day or two I'll pay you back with interest the last thing that I do I'll pay you back with interest the last thing that

by Rory Gallagher on album Crest Of A Wave: The Best Of Rory Gallagher

I want to plant a star on the sky One you can find at the end of the night I wanna climb a ladder to space and leave without trace cause now is the time Things are gonna be so clear Well I'm ligh

by Rory Gallagher on album Crest Of A Wave: The Best Of Rory Gallagher

Look out baby, your man is back in town Look out baby, your man is back in town Look out baby, I won't stand no messin' 'round The first man I wanna see is the chief police Bring that man right over

by Rory Gallagher on album Crest Of A Wave: The Best Of Rory Gallagher

They don't make them like you anymore, that's for sure And when they made you They made sure they threw away the mold It comes as no surprise to me That I wanna be in your vicinity If I stand close t

by Rory Gallagher on album Crest Of A Wave: The Best Of Rory Gallagher

Packed my things in an overnight bag A toothbrush and guitar, got no tail to drag Gonna leave on the next passing breeze My heart is heavy as a sky full of rain Mind full of notions that I just can't

by Rory Gallagher on album Crest Of A Wave: The Best Of Rory Gallagher

When I was a cowboy out on the Western Plain. When I was a cowboy out on the Western Plain. Well, I made a half a million, Working hard on the bridle reins. Come a cow-cow yicky. come a cow-cow yicky